Part of a carved wooden archway, made from teak wood. A small wooden panel, roughly shaped like a right angled triangle with the right angle on the top right and a scalloped curve cut from the long edge. The front is carved with swirling clouds and the reverse with a flower. The long, right edge is marked ‘XLVIII’ and ‘IL’ (this slots into part 3) and the top ‘LII’ (this slots into part 9). A label with the object reads ‘Front 11’.
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